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Baz

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Registered: 2012-01-09

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Applications Menu icon - how to remove or rebrand? Xfce 4.8

Hi - I've looked everywhere and I can't find the answer. I would like to either remove or replace the 'X' with the little mouse on it next to the "Applications Menu" on the panel.

I know the panel plugin is located here:
/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/applicationsmenu.desktop
...but changing the 'icon' entry in there doesn't change anything. I've removed the icons at these locations, and concluded it's not the same icon!
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/xfce4-panel-menu.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/xfce4-panel-menu.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/xfce4-panel-menu.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xfce4-panel-menu.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xfce4-panel-menu.png

Any help gratefully received!

Nick

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Re: Applications Menu icon - how to remove or rebrand? Xfce 4.8

The .desktop file you've edited changed the icon in the "Add new items" dialog. To change the default icon name, you should patch the plugin/applicationsmenu/applicationsmenu.c file and rename the line "#define DEFAULT_ICON_NAME "xfce4-panel-menu"" or replace the pngs.

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imduke

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Registered: 2012-01-10

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Re: Applications Menu icon - how to remove or rebrand? Xfce 4.8

At this point, xfce is not that friendly to use, the previous gnome has a 'menu editor' option, to add, remove, edit any item, even the icon styles, but xfce, i never find such an option, even the right click on the item is no work!

Well, I'm new to xfce for just two weeks^^;

Last edited by imduke (2012-01-10 03:04:29)

Baz

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Re: Applications Menu icon - how to remove or rebrand? Xfce 4.8

... or replace the pngs.

Hi Nick - thanks for the quick reply. Which is the PNG I should be replacing please?

Slighooker

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Registered: 2012-01-23

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Re: Applications Menu icon - how to remove or rebrand? Xfce 4.8

Can't you just right click on the icon, click on "Properties" then when the window pops up, click on the icon in the window to change it? That's what I have done on mine. Or am I not understanding the problem correctly?

Ahau

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Re: Applications Menu icon - how to remove or rebrand? Xfce 4.8

Can't you just right click on the icon, click on "Properties" then when the window pops up, click on the icon in the window to change it? That's what I have done on mine. Or am I not understanding the problem correctly?

That's how I've handled it.  IIRC, it saved those changes to ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml, maybe that's where the OP should have applied the changes instead of inside /usr/share/.  This doesn't change the system-wide default, it only changes it for the individual user, so I guess the answer depends on exactly what the OP is looking to do.

EDIT: modified the path, it should have been ~/.config

btw, the default png icons are in /usr/share/pixmaps.

Last edited by Ahau (2012-01-26 23:29:40)

Slighooker

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Re: Applications Menu icon - how to remove or rebrand? Xfce 4.8

Ah, yes. I rarely think about "system wide" changes, since I am the only one using my computer.